Annual Population Deaths by Country in 1955

-5 year -1 year 1955 +1 year +5 year

In the year 1955, a total of 46,966,099 people died across the globe. Out of this group, 24,565,631 were male and 22,400,468 were female.

The country with the highest death count was 🇨🇳China, with a total of 12,179,970 people dying for the year. Closely followed by 🇮🇳India with a death count of 8,468,267, and 🇮🇩Indonesia with 1,542,415 deaths recorded.

The country with the lowest annual death count was 🇻🇦Holy See with 5 people. Followed by 🇹🇰Tokelau with a death count of 20, and 🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part) with 23 deaths recorded.

The geographic region with the highest death count was Asia with a total of 30,023,177 people dying for the year. Closely followed by Africa with a death count 6257.619, and Europe with 5,987,151 deaths recorded for the year.

When devided into sub-subregions we can see that Eastern Asia had the highest death count of 13,511,053 people. Closely followed by Southern Asia with a death count of 11,680,655, and South-Eastern Asia with 3,359,893 deaths recorded.

If we devide the global population into income groups we can see that Middle-income countries has the highest death count of 36,247,456. While the lowest death count is recorded by No income group available were only 83,913 people died in that segment.

Similar Population Metrics for 1955

Countries with the Highest Death Count in 1955

Rank	Country	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	🇨🇳China	12,179,970	6,503,160	5,676,810
2	🇮🇳India	8,468,267	4,235,259	4,233,008
3	🇮🇩Indonesia	1,542,415	804,353	738,062
4	🇺🇸United States of America	1,496,520	854,630	641,889
5	🇳🇬Nigeria	1,088,067	561,510	526,557
6	🇧🇩Bangladesh	1,043,891	537,462	506,429
7	🇵🇰Pakistan	1,022,153	523,452	498,700
8	🇷🇺Russian Federation	1,021,230	507,237	513,993
9	🇧🇷Brazil	989,916	543,428	446,488
10	🇩🇪Germany	801,742	411,791	389,951
11	🇯🇵Japan	714,063	374,027	340,037
12	🇪🇬Egypt	598,690	315,602	283,087
13	🇬🇧United Kingdom	595,556	306,975	288,581
14	🇫🇷France	527,292	269,310	257,983
15	🇲🇽Mexico	523,892	277,635	246,257
16	🇪🇹Ethiopia	506,602	268,638	237,964
17	🇮🇷Iran (Islamic Republic of)	490,819	245,503	245,317
18	🇹🇷Türkiye	471,984	253,058	218,926
19	🇲🇲Myanmar	463,450	243,880	219,571
20	🇮🇹Italy	446,204	233,989	212,215
21	🇹🇭Thailand	407,441	220,906	186,535
22	🇺🇦Ukraine	402,040	183,190	218,850
23	🇻🇳Viet Nam	368,706	206,002	162,704
24	🇰🇷Republic of Korea	351,891	188,022	163,870
25	🇨🇩Democratic Republic of the Congo	332,759	165,101	167,658
26	🇵🇭Philippines	286,665	150,365	136,300
27	🇦🇫Afghanistan	277,695	149,319	128,377
28	🇪🇸Spain	275,345	138,118	137,227
29	🇵🇱Poland	274,090	142,101	131,989
30	🇿🇦South Africa	252,627	132,707	119,919
31	🇩🇿Algeria	249,176	139,679	109,497
32	🇲🇦Morocco	247,793	128,082	119,711
33	🇳🇵Nepal	237,869	120,305	117,564
34	🇨🇴Colombia	196,985	105,670	91,315
35	🇷🇴Romania	192,845	94,226	98,619
36	🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania	186,442	95,998	90,444
37	🇲🇱Mali	179,901	93,889	86,012
38	🇾🇪Yemen	174,542	94,049	80,493
39	🇦🇷Argentina	173,020	101,847	71,173
40	🇵🇪Peru	169,824	88,125	81,699
41	🇲🇿Mozambique	157,596	79,065	78,531
42	🇰🇪Kenya	156,013	85,079	70,934
43	🇺🇬Uganda	150,061	82,228	67,833
44	🇰🇵Dem. People's Republic of Korea	138,391	65,939	72,451
45	🇦🇴Angola	132,903	69,319	63,584
46	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	131,593	77,751	53,842
47	🇨🇦Canada	128,954	75,176	53,778
48	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	123,553	66,092	57,462
49	🇸🇩Sudan	123,014	61,928	61,087
50	🇮🇶Iraq	122,645	67,729	54,916
51	🇬🇭Ghana	122,244	67,416	54,828
52	🇨🇲Cameroon	120,134	61,569	58,565
53	🇰🇭Cambodia	114,125	60,465	53,660
54	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	112,470	61,762	50,708
55	🇧🇪Belgium	108,704	57,877	50,827
56	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	107,964	62,684	45,280
57	🇲🇾Malaysia	106,240	58,105	48,135
58	🇲🇬Madagascar	104,264	54,800	49,463
59	🇵🇹Portugal	99,740	50,493	49,247
60	🇲🇼Malawi	98,767	50,655	48,112
61	🇹🇳Tunisia	98,400	50,586	47,814
62	🇭🇺Hungary	97,477	49,554	47,923
63	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	95,098	50,601	44,498
64	🇬🇳Guinea	94,244	49,804	44,441
65	🇨🇿Czechia	93,280	48,945	44,334
66	🇨🇱Chile	90,942	49,815	41,128
67	🇧🇾Belarus	86,190	41,029	45,161
68	🇦🇹Austria	85,146	43,620	41,526
69	🇸🇾Syrian Arab Republic	85,096	44,649	40,447
70	🇹🇼China, Taiwan Province of China	83,967	44,809	39,157
71	🇳🇪Niger	83,534	41,233	42,301
72	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	83,291	43,845	39,446
73	🇸🇸South Sudan	82,892	45,583	37,310
74	🇭🇹Haiti	82,767	43,571	39,196
75	🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	82,412	45,365	37,046
76	🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	82,129	42,906	39,223
77	🇦🇺Australia	81,870	46,108	35,762
78	🇳🇱Netherlands	81,741	43,466	38,275
79	🇬🇹Guatemala	80,441	41,847	38,594
80	🇹🇩Chad	76,018	39,613	36,405
81	🇬🇷Greece	75,348	39,138	36,211
82	🇸🇳Senegal	75,134	37,229	37,904
83	🇧🇯Benin	71,812	35,239	36,573
84	🇪🇨Ecuador	71,138	37,061	34,077
85	🇷🇸Serbia	70,403	33,805	36,598
86	🇧🇬Bulgaria	69,910	35,735	34,175
87	🇸🇪Sweden	68,704	35,588	33,116
88	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	68,584	35,344	33,240
89	🇨🇺Cuba	61,644	35,108	26,536
90	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	57,797	30,761	27,036
91	🇧🇮Burundi	57,660	29,455	28,206
92	🇷🇼Rwanda	55,922	28,388	27,534
93	🇸🇴Somalia	55,877	29,116	26,760
94	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	54,632	29,595	25,037
95	🇬🇪Georgia	53,276	29,371	23,904
96	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	51,336	27,175	24,161
97	🇨🇭Switzerland	50,266	25,678	24,587
98	🇿🇲Zambia	49,882	25,818	24,064
99	🇸🇻El Salvador	49,555	26,085	23,470
100	🇭🇷Croatia	48,127	24,389	23,737
101	🇱🇦Lao People's Democratic Republic	44,554	23,627	20,927
102	🇨🇫Central African Republic	42,836	21,992	20,843
103	🇭🇳Honduras	39,718	21,174	18,543
104	🇫🇮Finland	39,567	20,439	19,128
105	🇩🇰Denmark	38,811	20,377	18,434
106	🇱🇾Libya	38,305	20,509	17,796
107	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	38,278	20,492	17,786
108	🇮🇪Ireland	36,973	19,894	17,079
109	🇹🇬Togo	36,298	18,880	17,418
110	🇲🇩Republic of Moldova	35,382	18,459	16,924
111	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	34,444	19,140	15,304
112	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	33,634	18,917	14,717
113	🇳🇮Nicaragua	33,073	17,034	16,039
114	🇸🇰Slovakia	32,912	16,904	16,007
115	🇹🇯Tajikistan	30,457	16,646	13,811
116	🇦🇱Albania	30,230	16,293	13,937
117	🇱🇹Lithuania	29,814	14,048	15,766
118	🇳🇴Norway	29,122	14,867	14,255
119	🇪🇷Eritrea	25,059	13,189	11,871
120	🇱🇷Liberia	24,833	13,443	11,390
121	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	24,801	14,118	10,683
122	🇺🇾Uruguay	24,135	13,774	10,361
123	🇲🇰North Macedonia	23,890	12,287	11,603
124	🇱🇻Latvia	21,813	10,240	11,573
125	🇲🇳Mongolia	21,512	11,418	10,094
126	🇦🇲Armenia	21,166	11,377	9,789
127	🇵🇸State of Palestine	19,909	11,154	8,755
128	🇨🇬Congo	19,452	10,374	9,077
129	🇭🇰China, Hong Kong SAR	19,349	10,884	8,465
130	🇳🇿New Zealand	19,203	10,617	8,586
131	🇵🇾Paraguay	18,976	10,140	8,836
132	🇸🇮Slovenia	18,358	9,418	8,940
133	🇱🇧Lebanon	18,194	9,881	8,313
134	🇵🇷Puerto Rico	17,284	9,407	7,877
135	🇴🇲Oman	16,672	8,893	7,780
136	🇯🇲Jamaica	15,620	7,962	7,658
137	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	15,606	8,263	7,344
138	🇲🇷Mauritania	15,530	7,976	7,554
139	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	14,053	7,452	6,601
140	🇪🇪Estonia	13,293	5,755	7,538
141	🇨🇷Costa Rica	13,151	7,195	5,957
142	🇱🇸Lesotho	12,754	6,311	6,443
143	🇯🇴Jordan	12,287	6,450	5,837
144	🇵🇦Panama	11,558	6,324	5,234
145	🇳🇦Namibia	11,352	5,938	5,414
146	🇸🇬Singapore	11,294	6,059	5,234
147	🇬🇦Gabon	10,936	5,541	5,395
148	🇬🇲Gambia	10,775	5,529	5,246
149	🇽🇰Kosovo (under UNSC res. 1244)	10,660	5,401	5,259
150	🇮🇱Israel	10,401	5,555	4,846
151	🇧🇼Botswana	8,719	4,472	4,247
152	🇲🇺Mauritius	8,238	4,301	3,937
153	🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago	7,929	4,161	3,768
154	🇬🇾Guyana	6,587	3,538	3,048
155	🇸🇿Eswatini	6,232	3,203	3,028
156	🇧🇹Bhutan	6,209	3,279	2,930
157	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	6,186	3,216	2,970
158	🇨🇾Cyprus	6,112	3,610	2,502
159	🇲🇪Montenegro	5,399	2,651	2,749
160	🇫🇯Fiji	5,366	3,162	2,205
161	🇰🇲Comoros	4,706	2,382	2,324
162	🇷🇪Réunion	4,234	2,115	2,118
163	🇱🇺Luxembourg	3,593	1,991	1,602
164	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	3,527	1,699	1,828
165	🇸🇷Suriname	3,384	1,882	1,503
166	🇲🇹Malta	3,291	1,687	1,604
167	🇬🇵Guadeloupe	3,253	1,650	1,602
168	🇧🇭Bahrain	3,191	1,689	1,501
169	🇲🇶Martinique	3,065	1,576	1,489
170	🇧🇧Barbados	2,716	1,194	1,522
171	🇰🇼Kuwait	2,516	1,436	1,080
172	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	2,432	1,428	1,004
173	🇲🇻Maldives	2,171	1,205	966
174	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	1,929	1,123	806
175	🇲🇴China, Macao SAR	1,892	935	957
176	🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe	1,576	835	742
177	🇩🇯Djibouti	1,547	820	727
178	🇼🇸Samoa	1,483	762	721
179	🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1,418	647	770
180	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	1,396	672	724
181	🇧🇿Belize	1,238	663	575
182	🇬🇩Grenada	1,138	532	606
183	🇮🇸Iceland	1,105	586	519
184	🇨🇼Curaçao	1,101	536	565
185	🇻🇺Vanuatu	1,096	632	463
186	🇳🇨New Caledonia	1,066	602	464
187	🇩🇲Dominica	978	517	461
188	🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam	971	514	457
189	🇰🇮Kiribati	913	466	447
190	🇸🇨Seychelles	910	548	362
191	🇧🇸Bahamas	893	461	432
192	🇵🇫French Polynesia	840	472	368
193	🇮🇲Isle of Man	781	387	393
194	🇹🇴Tonga	723	393	330
195	🇰🇳Saint Kitts and Nevis	710	316	394
196	🇯🇪Jersey	709	345	364
197	🇬🇬Guernsey	612	275	337
198	🇪🇭Western Sahara	575	305	271
199	🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda	553	259	294
200	🇫🇲Micronesia (Fed. States of)	552	304	248
201	🇬🇺Guam	479	317	163
202	🇧🇲Bermuda	470	253	218
203	🇬🇫French Guiana	463	260	203
204	🇾🇹Mayotte	458	257	201
205	🇶🇦Qatar	386	208	178
206	🇬🇱Greenland	384	193	190
207	🇫🇴Faroe Islands	378	199	179
208	🇦🇼Aruba	366	201	165
209	🇲🇨Monaco	302	148	154
210	🇨🇰Cook Islands	292	144	148
211	🇻🇮United States Virgin Islands	281	143	138
212	🇲🇸Montserrat	236	128	107
213	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	202	106	96
214	🇬🇮Gibraltar	192	79	113
215	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	187	99	89
216	🇼🇫Wallis and Futuna Islands	167	84	82
217	🇦🇸American Samoa	153	83	70
218	🇸🇲San Marino	151	83	68
219	🇰🇾Cayman Islands	140	65	74
220	🇵🇼Palau	139	82	57
221	🇹🇻Tuvalu	125	61	64
222	🇻🇬British Virgin Islands	123	61	62
223	🇧🇶Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	114	49	65
224	🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands	92	42	50
225	🇦🇮Anguilla	71	37	34
226	🇲🇵Northern Mariana Islands	66	39	27
227	🇳🇺Niue	63	32	31
228	🇦🇩Andorra	61	29	32
229	🇸🇭Saint Helena	57	31	26
230	🇵🇲Saint Pierre and Miquelon	56	33	23
231	🇳🇷Nauru	52	29	23
232	🇫🇰Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	39	23	16
233	🇧🇱Saint Barthélemy	28	14	14
234	🇲🇫Saint Martin (French part)	26	14	13
235	🇸🇽Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	23	8	15
236	🇹🇰Tokelau	20	10	10
237	🇻🇦Holy See	5	2	2

Regions with the Highest Death Count in 1955

Rank	Region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Asia	30,023,177	15,673,656	14,349,521
2	Africa	6,257,619	3,266,607	2,991,012
3	Europe	5,987,151	3,029,651	2,957,500
4	Latin America and the Caribbean	2,920,958	1,580,622	1,340,336
5	Northern America	1,626,378	930,295	696,083
6	Oceania	150,816	84,800	66,016

Sub-regions with the Highest Death Count in 1955

Rank	Sub-region	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Eastern Asia	13,511,053	7,199,205	6,311,848
2	Southern Asia	11,680,655	5,893,523	5,787,132
3	South-Eastern Asia	3,359,893	1,781,714	1,578,179
4	Eastern Europe	2,305,325	1,137,357	1,167,968
5	Western Africa	2,108,754	1,094,132	1,014,622
6	South America	1,909,934	1,043,813	866,121
7	Eastern Africa	1,758,450	925,603	832,847
8	Western Europe	1,658,942	853,966	804,976
9	Northern Africa	1,355,924	716,677	639,247
10	Western Asia	1,161,426	624,855	536,571
11	Southern Europe	1,145,641	588,342	557,299
12	Northern Europe	877,243	449,986	427,257
13	Central America	752,630	397,955	354,675
14	Middle Africa	742,810	377,566	365,244
15	Central Asia	310,150	174,359	135,791
16	Southern Africa	291,681	152,629	139,052
17	Caribbean	258,394	138,854	119,540
18	Australia/New Zealand	101,082	56,729	44,353
19	Melanesia	43,601	24,729	18,872
20	Polynesia	3,818	2,023	1,795
21	Micronesia	2,315	1,319	996

Income Groups with the Highest Death Count in 1955

Rank	Income Group	Deaths	Male Deaths	Female Deaths
1	Middle-income countries	36,247,456	18,911,240	17,336,216
2	Lower-middle-income countries	18,559,700	9,484,288	9,075,412
3	Upper-middle-income countries	17,687,756	9,426,952	8,260,804
4	High-income countries	7,402,525	3,926,301	3,476,224
5	Low-income countries	3,232,205	1,681,950	1,550,255
6	No income group available	83,913	46,140	37,773

Data Information

Data found on this page is based on the medium fertility variant of the United Nations Revision of World Population Prospects 2022.

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The United Nations - Department of Economic and Social Affairs (Population Division)

UN Revision of World Population Prospects 2022

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